Someone said it rightly……..

A dog can not be faithful. The moment it sees a bone, it runs after it.

Kuttey kamniey hote hain. Bahut kaminey.

Current Song:- Kaminey - Vishal Bhardwaj

I saw my blogs today… … all three of them.
And I sat still… .. gazing at the screen. I wondered about the people who read my blog. Looking at my clustermap, I marveled at the dots on it. Brazil, Peru, Canada, Paris, Germany, China, Honolulu, even Iceland !
Visitors from almost everywhere frequent my space. No. of subscriptions in four types of feeds has increased manifolds.

Photograph Copyright : Cuckoo

Who these people are ? How do they know me ? Or more importantly why do they know me ??
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This is Anjali.
I met her on my last visit to Delhi.

Photograph Copyright : Cuckoo

I was to catch evening flight to Mumbai. Noon time, scorching sun over my head, I was in a hurry to make most of the time left. My hands were full with shopping bags and even though I wanted to buy the whole market, I was wondering how to carry it with me.

And then suddenly a tiny hand shook me from behind, pulled my dress and I heard a voice. “ Read the rest of this entry »

Supreme court has declined to stop Mayawati from installing her own statues and the dalit daughter is on its way to make herself a living legend by installing statues all over the state.

The supreme court judgment came as a surprise to me, I did not expect the apex court being so helpless. Tell me you judges, you were not blackmailed and you announced the verdict on your own after weighing the pros & cons.

I love Mayawati’s attitude and her Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, not you but why people watch porn ? Should they or should they not ?

Advantages –
It’s free
Physically harmless from any diseases
Saves relationships
Teaches people who don’t know anything
Relieves sexual frustrations
For some, it’s a way of earning money Read the rest of this entry »

Time – Year 2008
Place – One of the suburbs of Mumbai
Purpose – Felicitation of around 200 students of class X & XII from nearby localities who had scored 80% and above in board exams.
Chief Guest – One of the local leaders (female)

Scene 1 - As usual, the invited students along with their families are seated Read the rest of this entry »

At times I am very finicky. I behave very differently.
If someone says “I’ll do it for you”, I get agitated.

Why ? Why does anybody wants to do anything for me ? Even if s/he wants to do something why is s/he telling me ?? If it is their love & care for me then I don’t think the words “I’ll do it for you” are needed. Isn’t s/he trying to show some kind of obligation ?

Does that mean I have to say a formal Read the rest of this entry »

Hostess - What will you have for breakfast ?
Girl- What’re you planning to make, aunty ?

Hostess- I am making omelets for us. What shall I make for you ?
Girl- Oh, good. Make for me as well.

Hostess- For you ? Do you eat eggs ?
Girl- Well, Read the rest of this entry »

Note:- This is a guest post by Indu who blogs at My Blog .

‘Pata hai? Uski mom Christian hai aur uske papa Hindu’.
‘Tera religion kya hai?’
‘Tu temple jati hai ya church?’

Think of a 10 year old kid trying to answer these questions. Having two not-so-religious parents of different religions at home meant that while she was told stories about Gods, she was never made to pray or visit a place of worship. She knew a little Hinduism. She knew a little Christianity. But she had never really bothered about what she was.
She wasn’t even sure if she had a religion.

When the Muslim owned bakery outside the temple was looted and torched in 2002 and she saw that happening from the campus gate, it sent shockwaves in her mind. It was an image that Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, all this while I was quiet about it because I didn’t know what and how to write or even to start with. I still don’t know. But I think it’s better to vent out this hounding feeling. I personally knew of two cases and they had shaken me to the core. It was when I was in early teens.
One was of my classmate and the other of our maid’s daughter. Needless to mention, they both were of my age group (13-15 years). One was saved at right time because of the support system and the other fell victim to her father and brother’s lust.

Also, when I was around 5-6 years, I knew of a friend whose nana-nani (maternal grandparents) were real brother-sister. As far as I Read the rest of this entry »